The most awaited, highly anticipated movies of 2012

This could be the year when some movies should shatter the box office records. The epic conclusion to the Dark Knight, The Avengers, are a few possible candidates. Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson, Christopher Nolan are all in action this year. Sequels, conclusions, its all happening in 2012! Lets begin!

Underworld Awakening

Now ideally a film series, into its 4th installment, should be good, else it wouldn’t have lasted that long. Critics have slammed the Underworld series. But little do the movie studios care if it brings in almost $300m worldwide collection.

John Carter

Andrew Stanton, the director of 3 big Pixar hits: A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo & WALL-E, comes up with his first live action film, John Carter. Based on a novel named A Princess of Mars, the movie is about how a guy named John Carter lands up on Mars and tries to save the local species from extinction. The trailer gave an impression that its one hell of a mashup between Star Wars, Avatar, 10,000 BC, and what not. But with a reputed direction at the helm, and some superb looking visual effects, John Carter could well be a good money making movie.

21 Jump Street

Based on the TV Series of same name, 21 Jump Street is about how two cops go undercover in a high school and try to nail a drug ring. Starring Channing Tatum (GI Joe), and Jonah Hill as leads, it promises to be a nice action-comedy.

Based on a book of the same name, The Hunger Games is about a competition in which only one winner will survive and the winner shall have unlimited food supplies and other materialistic gains. Featuring some familiar names, The Hunger Games trailer looked good, but the script might not be good enough to impress the critics. Box office collections should prove to be good though.

Wrath of the Titans 3D

Sequel to Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans is about what happens to Perseus (Sam Worthington) after the defeat in the first movie. And how he embarks on a quest to rescue Zeus, overthrow the titans and save mankind.

The American Pie series needs no introduction, everyone has seen it, loved it, hated it, adored it, and probably many have even missed it. The spin-offs never really matched the original, and to make up for it, the whole original cast returns in American Reunion for a reunion at the East Great Falls. Might not match the fun of the first movie, but won’t harm to see the gang on screen once again and enjoy some more of the original gang.

Scary Movie 5

The king of spoofs, Scary Movie has done a great job at the spoof genre, making fun of some of the biggest movies. Slammed by critics, loved by audience, Scary Movie is back! Suprisingly no details regarding the movie are confirmed, other than the release date, which isn’t so far away. Lets hope we get some more info from the studio.

Battleship

An alien conflict movie, this time its based on water. A naval fleet during a routine at Pearl Harbour finds alien ships, eventually its a fight between aliens and humans. Aliens want to build a power source, and the humans must stop them. Trailer had some good looking special effects, lets hope the movie is also as good as it looks.

The Avengers

The mammoth from Marvel. And that’s what it is. A mammoth movie, the first of its kind, the second most awaited movie of the year (we’ll get to the most awaited one later in the preview). Where superheroes from different movies combine power to fight an enemy. Based on the famous Marvel universe, The Avengers is the culmination of all those individual character introduction movies you saw over the years, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America. The world is under threat, and the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, or S.H.I.E.L.D in short, must bring these heroes together under Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson) to fight the enemy.

I haven’t even seen the trailer, but since it had Johnny Depp, Eva Green as star cast and Tim Burton as director, I didn’t bother thinking twice over adding it to the preview. Its based on a 60-70s gothic soap opera of the same name. Story is about a wealthy playboy who breaks the heart of a witch, who turns him into a vampire and buries him alive. Years later he is freed and returns to the manor. Sounds interesting. Can’t wait to see Johnny Depp as a vampire!

The Dictator

From the director of Borat and Bruno comes another laught riot, The Dictator. The trailer is insanely humorous, Sacha Baron Cohen plays yet another wacky character. Paramount Pictures summarizes the movie as “the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed “ Watch it!

Men in Black 3

The Men in Black are back! The secret organization devoted to policing and monitoring extraterrestrial activity on Earth return for the third installment with Agent K & Agent J dealing with weird looking aliens. Agent J time-travels back to the 1960s, where an alien with its sights set on the younger version of Agent K poses a threat to the future of the MIB organization — and the existence of humankind.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

The name of the movie is quite interesting. Based on a mashup novel of the same name. The movie is a fictional story about Abraham Lincoln having a secret identity as a vampire hunter. Sounds interesting right?

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

I loved the first G.I. Joe movie. And the trailer of the sequel looks kickass! What’s more, it now has Dwayne Johnson AND Bruce Willis. How about that! The plot goes like this. Zartan, who is disguised as the US President, frames all the Joes as traitors and destroys most of them. The world is now under Cobra’s control. The Joes must now plan to come clean and stop Cobra.

The Amazing Spider-Man

Why on earth did Sony Pictures decide to reboot the Spider-Man series this early is beyond my understanding. Specially when the Spider-Man trilogy got them nearly $2.5 billion worldwide. Well who can ever stop the studios from doing what they want. They have decided to reboot the entire franchisee only 5 years since the last Spider-Man movie. Andrew Garfield replaces Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man. We all know about Spider-Man now, but probably the movie has a different way to show all that again. The trailer did generate quite a positive reaction from the fans. So maybe Sony has got it right. Lets see when it comes out.

The fourth movie in the Ice Age series. The official synopsis added to Apple Trailers follows Scrat’s nutty pursuit of the cursed acorn, which he’s been after since the dawn of time, has world-changing consequences — a continental cataclysm that triggers the greatest adventure of all for Manny, Diego and Sid. In the wake of these earth-shattering upheavals, Sid reunites with his long lost family, and the gang encounters a ragtag menagerie of animal pirates (who captured Scrat as well) determined to stop them from returning home, But then, they escape from the ship, and they get help from Shira, a female saber-toothed tiger who falls in love with Diego, while trying to find the rest of the herd.

THE movie of the year. THE most awaited feature film. THE one which has sent everyone into unbearable wait for the release. The final installment of the legendary Batman under Chris Nolan’s direction is here. Batman Begins was superb, The Dark Knight was monumental, the Dark Knight Rises can only be colossal. The trailer has already created a wave of awe. Everyone who has seen it can’t stop praising it. And the movie is yet to be seen! I can’t wait to see the epic conclusion. After the death of Harvey Dent, Batman takes responsibility of crimes done by Dent/Two-Face and is under hunt by the Gotham police. But 8 years after, Batman must arrive again to prevent Bane (Tom Hardy) from destroying the town. Also in the movie is Catwoman (Anne Hathaway).

Total Recall

As the nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for supremacy in the far future, a simple factory worker suffering from violent nightmares (Farrell) also begins to suspect that he’s a spy whose memory and personality were erased and replaced, though he is unaware which side of the fight he’s on and how important his lost memories will be in its outcome.

The Bourne Legacy

The story resumes after the conclusion of The Bourne Ultimatum, as a new cast of characters grapple with the consequences of Jason’s actions. Although it won’t be the same without Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass, but I’m still looking forward to it since the storyline of the first three films was so gripping.

Dog Fight

Zach Galifianakis associated with any comedy automatically becomes a must watch. The film follows two rival politicians (Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis) who are trying to win an election to represent their small South Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

If you love action films, and you see the star cast, then you know you are in for a treat. With all the action heroes you know and love, The Expendables 2 should be a good film. After taking a seemingly simple job for Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) the Expendables find their plans going awry and one of their own is brutally murdered by rival mercenary Jean Vilain (Jean-Claude Van Damme). The Expendables set out into hostile territory — with their new members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) — to put a stop to a deadly weapon and gain their revenge against the villain who killed their brother.

Premium Rush

The film centers on a New York City bicycle messenger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who picks up an envelope from Columbia University. A dirty cop (Michael Shannon), desperate to get his hands on the envelope, chases the bicycle messenger around the city. The talking point of the movie is the breathtaking cycle stunts in the movie and ofcourse Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Resident Evil: Retribution

Just like the zombies in the film, the franchisee is still alive, into its fifth installment now, Resident Evil: Retribution is about Alice, who is captured by Umbrella and awakens in the heart of their operation facility; as she moves further in the complex more of her past is unveiled and continues to hunt for those responsible for the outbreak. Her quest takes her and her newfound allies from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow. After a “mind-blowing” revelation, she is forced to rethink everything she once thought to be true.

Looper

A present-day killer (Gordon-Levitt) works for a mob in the future and kills people who are sent from the future. He recognizes one victim (Willis) as himself and hesitates, resulting in the escape of his older self. Now that’s quite a story.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Yes! Yes! Finally the movie has arrived. Been waiting for it since the series began! Finally I won’t have to bear the sight of the movie ever again. Phew! Some riddance this. I don’t care about the storyline, just that I didn’t like the 20-30 minutes of what I saw, and the lead characters bore me out, so just like those millions who hate this movie, the only reason they are looking forward to the movie is because its the final installment in the Twilight series.

Gangster Squad

Trailer isn’t out yet, storyline says “A chronicle of the LAPD’s fight to keep East Coast Mafia types out of Los Angeles in the 1940s and 50s.” Very little to judge from it, but considering the talented cast, I’d definitely want to watch this one.

Skyfall

James Bond’s loyalty to M is challenged over secrets from her past. When MI6 is attacked, it falls to Bond to seek out and eliminate the threat regardless of the cost to himself.
Quite an interesting story this one. And with a Academy Award winning director at the helm and a good actor in the movie, Javier Bardem, I expect it to be a lot better than the previous one, Quantum of Solace.

Les Miserables

Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee from police Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and after two decades on the run, Valjean finds himself in the midst of the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris.
The plot does little to suggest how the movie will be, and until we get a look of it its hard to tell, but with a good cast, its really something to look forward to.

The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.
Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever…Gollum.
Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities … A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.

Lord of the Rings was a marvel to watch. This based on the same characters, although with some key people missing, and virtually no war scenes, it still looks good by looking at the trailer.

World War Z

a U.N. Employee ( Brad Pitt) who scours the world, interviewing survivors of the Zombie apocalypse, referred to as World War Z . Its a movie about zombies, nuclear war, and more war related stuff. We’ll probably know more when the first trailer is out. The movie is already said to be a trilogy, so in that sense the movie is a bit more anticipated. An interesting fact is that UTV Motion Pictures is associated with the movie.

Django Unchained

With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Just look at that amazing star cast. And the director is Quentin Tarantino. What more reasons do you want to see this movie?

Lincoln

Steven Spielberg is back in action! DreamWorks has announced that the film “will focus on the political collision of Lincoln and the powerful men of his cabinet on the road to abolition and the end of the Civil War.”

Killing Bin Laden

The name of the movie isn’t confirmed yet. But its the only movie since the Hurt Locker from the Academy Award winning Kathryn Bigelow. Its about the mission of finding and hunting the most wanted man in the world. All the more reasons to look forward to it.

Piranha 3DD

A year after the attack on Lake Victoria by prehistoric piranhas, the creatures begin traveling through the town’s plumbing, gaining access to swimming pools and the newly-opened waterpark “Big Wet.
Followup to the unexpected hit of last year, Piranha. Some more of the flesh eating fishes awaits in this movie.

The Apocalypse

Two guys take on the end of the world. That’s the known stuff about the movie. Should release late this year, but given the cast, and that its from the people who got out the hit Pineapple Express, I’m definitely looking forward to this one.